So far.
His magazine has recently reported Kanye West has joined the billionaire's club.
Now they came out and said that he's worth one point $3 billion now,
but Kanye West says that, um, these people actually cannot count.
He's worth over $3 billion now. Now they, they claim that, uh,
what made him a lot of money is his Yeezy brand and the deals that he made with
that, let's say also his record label,
good music and all the different royalties that he received from that has also
contributed to his status. And as you know, I guess, you know,
for Kanye West, that's a good thing for him. But let's talk about, you know,
the rest of us and how we feel about that. Me personally, you know,
I'm talking about this because every time a black man get to a billionaire
status, it has to be a report.
You know how many white men in this country get to that status?
And there's no report like that all. Look at this white man.
He's not to say Forbes don't report it, but there's no fanfare behind it.
But when a black man becomes a billionaire, it's a fanfare. I don't like it.
And I'll tell you why I don't like it because number one,
if I have a thing about the pocket watching,
I don't like sitting up there and trying to count somebody else's pockets
because they ain't giving me none.
So why should I care all the time I care is when you have to give me some.
But also, you know, a lot of people have asked this question, well,
how does Kanye West becoming a billionaire going to do something for me?
You're like, Oh, or other black people in the community.
It's not like Kanye West is creating a bunch of jobs in the black community and
he's hired a bunch of black people and you know,
he has used his money to, um, not only make money,
but also keep people working that don't have to go to certain jobs and worry
about discrimination, et cetera. Right? I mean, why,
why do we need to get excited by that? Oh, Oprah billionaire.
What does Oprah do for black people? Oh, Michael Jordan.
What does Michael Jordan do? Like, I don't,
we have to kind of start asking those questions and I'm not saying they got to
do anything. They don't.
Kanye don't have to do anything and Michael Jordan don't have to do anything or
dr Dre don't have to do anything. But my thing is if you're not doing anything,
why are you telling me?
Like say like he became a billionaire and then he created X amount of jobs
within the Chicago and put a lot of these young brothers and sisters to work.
Okay. And then I'm like, Oh yeah man,
Kanye made his money and he put this many people to work or Oprah did this and
did that. You know what I'm saying?
Like it needs to be attached to things that's positive, not so much automated.
Okay, great for them. And I'm not hating on nobody,
but the only people that's going to benefit really offer that.
And it's the Kardashians. You can't, Kanye mom's not even here anymore.
So you can't say she benefited. So the Kardashians, once again,
it's got all everything tied up into them. One thing I will say about them.
Kardashians,
they are sharks to make sure to get in where they fit in.
They are good at, even with black men,
and that's what some things that people in our community don't understand.
Other groups are very good at trying to pick the black men.
They know that's going to do something, but that's a video from a different day.
But Kanye, you know, he'd be in Kanye doing his thing. You know,
I saw him one time,
I knew he was doing all right in his money when he was happy about his tax
return and him getting a thing. He said, $65 million back in taxes.
Now you know you're doing good at that point because when you making money and
getting those kinds of returns back,
but I recently found out kind of how they doing that.
The key to a lot of that is pay out more than what you should have paid out and
then you can get that money back in taxes. But you let me know in the comments.
You think about a situation, Kanye, I mean,
is that something that you're happy about or do you think it's pocket watch when
they're constantly doing that? Um, as I stated before, I mean,
unless Kanye is providing a bunch of jobs in the community or doing something to
that effect, I mean, why do we have to keep hearing about,
I'm just not saying him, but anybody who becomes a billionaire. I know.
If I was to become a billionaire one day, I'll be mad.
They report that I'll be hot because all the type of person,
I don't like pocket watch.
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